Music:
Oh, Lord.....from Maria Callas, to the Meters, to the Sex Pistols, the Clash, Pretenders, X, Patti Smith.....all things NOLA....too long a list, y'all.
Books:
The Awakening, The Fountainhead, The Chronicles of Clovis, To Kill A Mockingbird, anything by Eudora Welty, The Missing Piece Meets The Big O, Oh The Places You'll Go, Candide.
Heroes:
Patti Smith, Nelson Mandela, Ani Difranco, Chrissie Hynde, Maya Angelou, Martin Luther King, Buddha, the Dahli Llama, Miss Grace, Ayn Rand, Kate Chopin.